Ontario. Fair Employment Practices Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Fair Employment Practices Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Fair Employment Practices Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1951-1962

      History

      The Fair Employment Practices Branch was established in 1951 under the terms of the Fair Employment Practices Act, within the Department of Labour.

      With the passage of the Ontario Human Rights Act in 1961, effective 1962, responsibility for issues surrounding workplace and accomodation discrimination was transferred to the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Fair Employment Practices Branch ceased to exist.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Fair Employment Practices Branch administered the Fair Employment Practices Act and the Fair Accomodation Practices Act, both of which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race or religion. The act prohibited the publishing or display of a notice or other sign that indicated an intent to discriminate on the basis of race or religious belief. In addition, the act also prohibited discrimination in places where the public was normally admitted because of race, religion, colour, nationality, ancestry, or place of origin.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour (1919-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA38

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Labour controls Ontario. Fair Employment Practices Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1951-1962

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario Human Rights Commission (1958-)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA124

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario Human Rights Commission is the successor of Ontario. Fair Employment Practices Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1560

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Department of Labour annual reports.

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Crockett